AFRICAN REGIONAL ORGANISATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Creating a better world for workers in Africa and beyond

The Network of Women’s Committees of Togo RECOFET which brings together four trade union centers affiliated to the CSI namely CNTT, CSTT UGSL, UNSIT, organized from 19 to 21 April 2021 a national training workshop with the technical and financial support of CSI- Afrique and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) on the theme “sexual harassment and violence against women in the workplace in Togo”.

This 3-day training brought together women trade unionists from the centers concerned with the aime to help them :

  • Eradicate harassment and violence against women in the workplace,
  • Know the fundamental principles of Convention 190 and its recommendation
  • Understand how Convention 190 and Recommendation 206 can improve occupational health and safety,
  • Strengthen women in speaking out and getting them out of their silence, to advocate and lobby for the ratification and its convention
  • Identify the obstacles and develop an the action plan for overcoming them.

As a result of this training, a network of five members on harassment and violence against women in the workplace was set up.